Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hear…

Which statement accurately describes the manner in which the stranger enters the nursery?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, stranger · What happens: describe, enter · To what, where: manner, nursery

This is exam question 3 of lesson 311 «Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hears about Peter, then a boy drops into the nursery.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 enters	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stranger	det
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 enters	nsubj
11	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 nursery	det
13	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 enters	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the manner				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	enter	present	the stranger	the nursery		the manner			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nursery=Destination

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He slips through the back door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slips	nsubj
2	slips	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 door	compound
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slips	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	present	He			the back door			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He drops through the opened window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drops	nsubj
2	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
5	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 window	amod
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	He			the opened window			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory
2	open	participle							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He drops through the opened window and lands on the rug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drops	nsubj
2	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
5	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 window	amod
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drops	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lands	cc
8	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 drops	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 rug	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rug	det
11	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	drop	present	He	the opened window	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory
2	open	participle			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	land	present	He not said here	the rug	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on rug=Destination

Option 4

He flies in through the chimney

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 flies	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 chimney	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chimney	det
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly in	present	He			the chimney			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent through chimney=Location

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